Personal Injury Law

Mitsubishi to Pay Parents $11 Million in Settlement

By Greg Owen

A Florida jury orded Mitsubishi to pay a couple $11 million in compensatory damages this week. Mr. & Mrs. Laliberte's 25-year-old son, Scott, died in 2007 as a result of being ejected from a Montero SUV.

Attorneys for Donna and Peter Laliberte of Maine argued that Mitsubishi put its Montero SUV on the market despite known problems with the seat belt. The couple's 25-year-old son, Scott, died hours after a rollover crash in 2004.
The Japanese auto company know about the SUV's defect, but choose to hide that information from the people who had bought their product. What a horrible thing to do. In fact, in 2000 Mitsubishi made obvious their total disregard for human life when it acknowledged it had hidden automobile defects for decades, secretly repairing them without proper recalls despite reports of dozens of accidents. Jurors were in tears and awarded the Lilibertes $10 million for pain and suffering and $1 million other losses.

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Full post as published by Glendale Personal Injury Lawyer on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).